Why Digital Games are important to Children and Teens?

Digital games offer children and teenagers:
1. Promote positive feelings
2. Provide outlet for aggression, has cathartic effect
3. Has potential as learning tools
4. Meet psychological needs:

+ entertainment and leisure
+ emotional coping - from loneliness, stress, low self-esteem
+ escape from reality
+ satisfying social needs
+ making new friends
+ strengthening friendship
+ generating sense of belonging and recognition
+ need for challenge and achievement
+ need for excitement
+ need for power

[4th ICET 2007]